Giant Crossword
ACROSS
1 Region of Italy (6)
5 Used a stopwatch (5)
8 Perspires (6)
10 US lifeguard TV series (8)
14 Naked dash at a public
event (6)
16 Gemstone (5)
21 Practice attempt (5,3)
22 Perform again (2-5)
23 __ of the Lost Ark, Indiana
Jones film (7)
25 I understand (3,2,4)
26 Crevices (6)
27 William __, 17th-century
pirate (4)
28 __ Wednesday, first day of
Lent (3)
29 Redressing (8)
32 Indian dish (5)
33 Sleigh (4)
34 Blood vessel (5)
35 Signals agreement (4)
38 Worldwide (6)
40 Vital organ (5)
42 Person or group used to
test ideas (figurative) (8,5)
44 Paul __, Britain’s Got
Talent winning tenor (5)
46 Alcohol taken to calm
nerves (5,5)
48 Titans (6)
51 Unit of sound intensity (7)
54 Unofficially (10)
55 Battle horses (8)
59 Type of French cake (6)
60 English city (9)
62 Remains awake (5,2)
63 Evelyn Waugh novel (5)
64 Exaggerate (9)
67 Affected (9)
69 John __, English
philosopher (5)
71 Wind instrument (7)
74 Lunar rays (9)
77 Glacial mass (3,3)
78 Camping equipment (4,4)
81 Obsessive, persisent (10)
82 Come in again (2-5)
84 Bury (6)
87 Astronauts’ uniforms (10)
90 Stopping place (3-2)
92 Murder (13)
95 Receptacles that collect
liquids (5)
96 Container (6)
98 Heroic tale (4)
100 Amend (5)
101 Traditional wisdom (4)
102 Divided (5)
104 Reached (8)
107 Cleaning implement (3)
109 Pet doctors (abbr.) (4)
111 Protect (6)
112 Battle ceremonies (3,6)
114 Scholarly (7)
117 Freight weight (7)
118 Huge (8)
119 Wooden spike (5)
120 Be imminent (6)
121 __ Minister, UK TV
sitcom (3,5)
122 National song (6)
123 Nuisances (5)
124 Looked (6)
DOWN
2 Soldierly (7)
3 __ Dahl, UK author (5)
4 Spray can (7)
5 Pacific kingdom (5)
6 Bog (9)
7 Weight-loss regime (4)
8 Step (5)
9 Hill (3)
11 Primate (3)
12 Informal greeting (3)
13 In the limelight (7)
14 The __ in the Stone, 1963
Disney film (5)
15 East Sussex town (3)
17 Board (3,2)
18 Discharges (5)
19 Northern European (4)
20 (Someone’s) part, interest (6)
24 John Philip __, US composer (5)
25 Knight’s title (3)
26 Heart-related (7)
30 Wildebeest (3)
31 Monotonous (7)
34 As well as (4)
36 Horse colour (3)
37 Despises (6)
38 Pop concert, informally (3)
39 Language of
Bangladesh (7)
40 Writing system for the blind (7)
41 Mother-of-pearl (5)
42 Clog (5)
43 Takes off (hat) (5)
44 Actor (9)
45 Outburst (5)
47 Oil platform (3)
49 Aromatic substance for burning (7)
50 Moral doubt (7)
52 With a musical quality (9)
53 Fashionable (1,2,4)
54 Suggested (7)
56 Extreme greed (7)
57 Take back (7)
58 __ Wang, US fashion designer (4)
61 This month (abbr.) (4)
65 Siblings (7)
66 Emergency aeroplane feature (7)
68 Witty (5)
70 Heather (5)
72 Finally (2,4)
73 US state (7)
75 Water mass (5)
76 Alan __, UK actor in Whistle Down the Wind (5)
79 Twitch (3)
80 Moved (7)
83 Recalls (9)
85 Bap (3)
86 Russian ruler (4)
88 Seed (3)
89 Reptiles (6)
91 Part of a ship (7)
93 Stunted vegetation (5)
94 __ Hislop, UK journalist
and comedian (3)
96 Cowers (7)
97 Survive (7)
98 Spirit, character (5)
99 Scrutinise (5)
101 Tempted (5)
103 Ballet step (3)
105 The __, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan TV comedy (4)
106 Hard-wearing fabric (5)
108 Leaves (5)
109 Meeting place (5)
110 Coarse file (4)
112 Little (3)
113 Weep (3)
115 Unit of resistance (3)
116 Member of a nomadic tribe led by Attila (3)